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Japan launching 'space junk' collector
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| 9 Dec 2016
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Posted on 12/09/2016 4:23:07 AM PST by csvset
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© JAXA/AFP/File | Japan's unmanned cargo spacecraft, "Kounotori" is to blast off from the southern island of Tanegashima around 10:30 pm local time attached to an H-IIB rocket
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12/09/2016 4:23:07 AM PST
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csvset
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posted on
12/09/2016 4:32:19 AM PST
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csvset
( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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posted on
12/09/2016 4:33:24 AM PST
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Carriage Hill
( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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posted on
12/09/2016 4:39:48 AM PST
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COBOL2Java
(1 Tim 2:1-3)
To: csvset
Oh goodie, let’s create a cobweb of wires that are miles long in orbit.
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12/09/2016 4:42:56 AM PST
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King Moonracer
(Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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12/09/2016 4:48:46 AM PST
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Adder
(Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
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12/09/2016 4:50:42 AM PST
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Adder
(Mr. Franklin: We are trying to get the Republic back!)
To: csvset
Frankly, at the cost per pound of putting stuff up there it would seem someone would begin to realize this stuff has value. It would seem there could be a tidy profit in recycling this stuff.
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12/09/2016 4:50:54 AM PST
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wastoute
(Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
To: wastoute
The stuff still belongs to whoever paid to make it and put it up there. And some of it is classified in nature.
This could lead to some interesting lawsuits.
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12/09/2016 5:03:42 AM PST
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Fresh Wind
(Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
To: csvset
Been done already...
Even had a hot crew
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12/09/2016 5:04:10 AM PST
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rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: csvset
Also available in a new planet-size collector!
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12/09/2016 5:06:57 AM PST
by
Flick Lives
(Les Deplorables Triumphant)
To: rjsimmon
Ha, I remember that show.
And after reviewing the crew roster you posted, I remember why I liked that show
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12/09/2016 5:11:28 AM PST
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QualityMan
(I will not comply.)
To: COBOL2Java
I would have expected the logo for this mission to include kwaii mascots. Hello venerable satellite, we're here to escort you on your final mission!
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12/09/2016 5:14:20 AM PST
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csvset
( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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12/09/2016 5:14:59 AM PST
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mewzilla
(I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
To: csvset
wait... they want to attach a tether to pieces of junk?
If they are that close to a piece of junk, why not just just give it a push ?
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12/09/2016 5:20:34 AM PST
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Mr. K
( Trump kicked her ass 2-to-1 if you remove all the voter fraud.)
To: King Moonracer
I understand that It’s a kamakazi that drags a piece of junk along with it , everything is supposed to burn up on reentry.
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12/09/2016 5:26:15 AM PST
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csvset
( Illegitimi non carborundum)
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12/09/2016 5:27:03 AM PST
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PIF
(They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
To: csvset
To: csvset
We used to joke that we needed a vacuum cleaner....pun intended....
Shuttle got hit by a lot of stuff (including some man made stuff).
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12/09/2016 5:38:38 AM PST
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June2
To: wastoute
It would seem there could be a tidy profit in recycling this stuff.
As prefab pieces it is worth keeping in orbit, but space vehicles are so specific and specialized that I doubt much of it could be used as-is. A space-baced smelter and casting platform could use it. If NASA had kept main shuttle fuel tanks in orbit, we could have a large habitat there by now.
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12/09/2016 5:41:58 AM PST
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Dr. Wu
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